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This week the letter from 25 mathematical scientists to David Cameron (organized by Arieh Iserles, Richard Thomas, and me) and the letter from the six UK physical scientific societies to David Delpy at EPSRC (organized by the Royal Society) have attracted coverage in the press and on various blogs. Links to the letters and the...
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[AI summary] The University of Oxford Academic Exchange program offers MIT students opportunities to study materials science and engineering at Oxford, with specific details on eligibility, application, and program structure.
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Here is a very recent exchange between two UK mathematicians. It hit so close to home --riots and all, Hockey or not-- that I couldn't resist! The subject was the recent acts of "dirigisme" at the UK's"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"(EPSRC). The only difference between our story and the one across the Atlantic is...
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This blog concludes two previous blogs on MDPI's recent growth, and a survey of people's experience of working with them. It should also be read in conjunction with Paolo Crosetto's recent exploration of MDPI's growth The meteoric growth of MDPI is one of the recent surprises of academic publishing and part of a broader shift...
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